In a study performed by the University of Edinburgh, it was found that trying to learn something and listening to music can develop a significant part of the brain. That includes listening to violin music while you work, my friends!

I just turned up the classical music on my computer as I’m writing this article. 🙂

The Scientific Study: How Learning and Music Can Relate

According to the study published in the journal Brain and Recognition, 30 right-handed people were given the task of practicing a thumb-to-finger sequence with their left-hand.

Sequence 1

1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 3, 2

Sequence 2

2, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3

Sequence 3

3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1

Sequence 4

4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4

One group got to learn the task while listening to musical cues, while the other did not.

After a four week period, MRI scans showed that the music group had significant structural changes of their arcuate fasciculus.

The arcuate fascicuus is an area on the right-side of the brain that links hearing and motor regions.

The non-musical group had no changes to this part of the brain which is fascinating.

It makes sense.

I get so much more work done when I listen to violin music as it seems easier to get into a “zone.”

“The study suggests that music makes a key difference,” lead author Dr. Katie Overy said in a statement. “We have long known that music encourages people to move. This study provides the first experimental evidence that adding musical cues to learning new motor task can lead to changes in white matter structure in the brain.”

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